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The coal tit has a distinctive grey back, black cap, and white patch at the back of its neck. Its smaller, more slender bill than blue or great tits means it can feed more successfully in conifers. They will take food and store it for eating later. The diet consits of, Insects and spiders, also seeds in winter, mostly on outer branches of conifers. In winter they often flock together with other Tits flying through woodlands and gardens in search of food. A favourite nesting site is a hole in a rotting tree-stump, often low down, and the nest is deep within the hole; holes in the ground, burrows of mice or rabbits, chinks between the stones in walls, old nests of magpies or other large birds, and squirrel dreys are also occupied. The materials, moss, hair and grass, are closely felted together, and rabbit fur or feathers added for lining;
Length12cm
Maximum Recorded Age8 years, 9 months
Typical Lifespan2 years
Age at First Breeding1 year
Number of broods1
Fledging16-19 days
Number in Britain1.5million
Conservation Status UKGREEN
Status in UKResident Breeder, passage/ visitor
Incubation14-16 days
Wingspan19cm
Weight9g
HabitatWoodland, towns and villages
First Record10th Century
Egg Size15 x 12mm
Egg Weight1.0 g
Clutch Size9-10 eggs
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